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SB 12.2.26

Devanāgarī

आरभ्य भवतो जन्म यावन्नन्दाभिषेचनम् । एतद् वर्षसहस्रं तु शतं पञ्चदशोत्तरम् ॥ २६ ॥

Text

ārabhya bhavato janma yāvan nandābhiṣecanam etad varṣa-sahasraṁ tu śataṁ pañcadaśottaram

Synonyms

ārabhya—beginning from;bhavataḥ—of your good self (Parīkṣit);janma—the birth;yāvat—up until;nanda—of King Nanda, the son of Mahānandi;abhiṣecanam—the coronation;etat—this;varṣa—years;sahasram—one thousand;tu—and;śatam—one hundred;pañca-daśa-uttaram—plus fifty.

Translation

From your birth up to the coronation of King Nanda, 1,150 years will pass.

Purport

Although Śukadeva Gosvāmī previously described approximately fifteen hundred years of royal dynasties, it is understood that some overlapping occurred between kings. Therefore the present chronological calculation should be taken as authoritative.
← SB 12.2.25Chapter 2SB 12.2.27